jrq - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Carbon frames (Score 1) 135

by jrq on Monday October 14, 2013 @04:17PM (#45125329) Attached to: Fight Bicycle Theft With the Open Source Bike Registry

I'm not fully knowledgeable about how carbon frames are finished, but assuming that an RFID could survive the process, I think this is an excellent idea.

Comment Carbon frames (Score 3, Funny) 135

by jrq on Saturday October 12, 2013 @12:07PM (#45108823) Attached to: Fight Bicycle Theft With the Open Source Bike Registry

A nice idea, but carbon frames don't have a stamp, or engraved serial number. It's usually a sticker, or similar, which is easily removed or painted over.

Comment Utter ****s (Score 1) 663

by jrq on Saturday September 21, 2013 @09:58PM (#44914965) Attached to: Apple Starts Blocking Unauthorized Lightning Cables With iOS 7

Utter, utter, utter ****s

Comment Re:I disagree. (Score 1) 783

by jrq on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:46PM (#42142943) Attached to: UK Government Mandates the Teaching of Evolution As Scientific Fact

Oh you big kidder you.

Comment Simplify the list (Score 1) 440

by jrq on Sunday September 02, 2012 @09:38AM (#41205177) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Do I De-Dupe a System With 4.2 Million Files?

Scan all simple file details (name, size, date, path) into a simple database. Sort on size, remove unique sized files. Decide on your criteria for identifying duplicates, whether it's by name or CRC, and then proceed to identify the dupes. Keep logs and stats.

Comment Re:Recursive Logic (Score 1) 545

by jrq on Friday January 13, 2012 @09:46AM (#38684994) Attached to: How To Get Developers To Document Code

Yes. I when I still had that, AND a job.

Comment Recursive Logic (Score 2, Funny) 545

by jrq on Friday January 13, 2012 @09:17AM (#38684722) Attached to: How To Get Developers To Document Code

As I used to say "it was damn difficult to write, it should be bloody difficult to understand".

Comment Re:Feyman's License Plate Syndrome (Score 1) 745

by jrq on Sunday December 11, 2011 @12:20PM (#38335450) Attached to: Is the Earth Special?

Absolutely agreed, and the Fermi paradox is an entertaining opportunity for "hypothesis play".

Comment Re:Feyman's License Plate Syndrome (Score 1) 745

by jrq on Saturday December 10, 2011 @11:47AM (#38326114) Attached to: Is the Earth Special?

ack! Obviously should read "Feynman's License Plate Syndrome"

Comment Feyman's License Plate Syndrome (Score 5, Insightful) 745

by jrq on Saturday December 10, 2011 @11:36AM (#38325990) Attached to: Is the Earth Special?

"You know, the most amazing thing happened to me tonight. I was coming here, on the way to the lecture, and I came in through the parking lot. And you won't believe what happened. I saw a car with the license plate ARW 357. Can you imagine? Of all the millions of license plates in the state, what was the chance that I would see that particular one tonight? Amazing!"

Just because our "route" resulted in our "life" situation, doesn't mean that other routes couldn't produce equally valid and viable "life" conditions. We're not that special.

Comment Re:Question: (Score 0) 269

by jrq on Monday November 28, 2011 @03:06PM (#38193350) Attached to: Earthscraper Takes Sustainable Design Underground

The air pressure and temperature however, would be unbearable at -3900m

Comment Re:Pear Anjou (Score 1) 664

by jrq on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @12:11PM (#36662158) Attached to: Retailer Calls Rivals' Bluff On "HDMI Scam"

That is special!

Comment This one wins the prize (Score 5, Funny) 664

by jrq on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @09:09AM (#36659826) Attached to: Retailer Calls Rivals' Bluff On "HDMI Scam"

The Denon AK-DL1 is without doubt the winner in the bogus cable category. It's "uni-directional"! http://usa.denon.com/us/Product/Pages/Product-Detail.aspx?Catid=5840d55c-4077-4d9e-9421-36f204fb4587&SubId=85958de8-a123-4213-8ae1-bb6afaee9a97&ProductId=f7d26b3a-05a6-4724-a5c1-2a63642a6206

Comment Masters of the bleeding obvious (Score 1) 547

by jrq on Tuesday August 17, 2010 @09:53PM (#33283824) Attached to: ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds

in other news: pope wears hat bear shits in wood etc etc

Comment Re:Developed != Civilised (Score 3, Interesting) 751

by jrq on Friday January 08, 2010 @09:59AM (#30693700) Attached to: Full Body Scanners Violate Child Porn Laws

I think it's more interesting to look at the trends. The murder rate in Atlanta has halved in the past 30 years, whereas the murder rate in London is five times what it was 30 years ago. The cameras aren't helping.

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